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Previous Workshops​

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BTC conducted two workshops titled "Stain Free Western Blotting: ChemiDocTM MP Imaging system" and 

"Analyzing Copy Number Variation with Droplet Digital PCR" from 21st to 23rd April 2024.The workshops were attended by 23 participants from various departments at Kuwait university. Dr. Alan Lowton who works for Bio-Rad as Business Development Manager for Proteomics in the Middle East & North Africa Region briefly gave some background on the techniques before conducting comprehensive practical sessions. ​ 

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BTC & RSPU conducted a workshop titled “Training for Nikon Confocal Microscope for Researchers" from 5th to 9th May 2024. The workshops were attended by 15 participants from various departments at Kuwait university. Mr. Manissh Kumar (Application Specialist & product Manager – Spinco Biotech, Delhi) was the speaker and conducted practical hands on Confocal Basic image acquisition – Fluorescence, Confocal image acquisition, mini demo on special techniques and live cell imaging & General Data Analysis.
BTC conducted a workshop titled "Introduction & Training in the Applied Biosystems SeqStudio 24 Flex latest generation medium-throughput Genetic Analyzer and its applications, Sanger Sequencing and Fragment Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis" from 1st to 2nd July 2024 & was attended by 24 participants from various departments at Kuwait university. Mr. Khashief Soeker (Hybrid Field Application Scientist/Field Service Engineer qPCR, CE and NGS) was the speaker, conducted the experimental runs and explained how to analyse the results obtained via Sequencing Analysis Software and Fragment Analysis Software.​
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BTC conducted a workshop titled "Affymetrix Microarray GeneChip System 3000 and Its Gene Expression Applications" on 6th October 2024. The workshop was attended by 14 participants from various departments at Kuwait university. Mr. Muad Issam Abu Tayeh (Sales & Application Specialist – Life Sciences /ATP Medical Co.) was the speaker. Live demonstration on TAC Software and an illustration of the Microarray System (Hybridization Oven, Fluidics station and the Scanner) was carried out.​

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Highlights:

BTC celebrated the "WORLD SCEINCE DAY" for different schools in Kuwait from the24th to the 28th November 2024, where each day was allocated for a different school. Thestudents visited the Biotechnology Center specialized labs and had hands on fun filledexperience performing some experiments such as DNA extraction from banana andsample loading for gel electrophoresis. They also visited other specialized units in theFaculty of Science such as the Aquatic unit and the Greenhouse unit in the Department ofBiological Sciences, the Nanoscopy Unit, and the Kuwait Muon observatory in theDepartment of Physics.
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